Colonic mobile unit



Sept. 11, 1928. 1,683,723

R. w. MYRES COLONIC MOBILE UNIT Filed 00$. 24. 1927 Robe/I Wily/'63Patented Sept. 11, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT WILLIAM MYRES, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR TO VATTENIBORG ISYSTEMS INC., OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

GOLONIG MOBILE UNIT.

Application filed October 24, 1927. Serial No. 228,188.

The invention is a complete colonic irrigating unit which is mobile, andreadily adaptable for injecting a saponified oil or other solution intothe colon tube and.v controlling and permitting complete discharge ofthe same, and also for readily injecting and permitting the discharge ofcleaning and medicating solutions through a common applicator withoutremoving the same.

The'object of the invention is to provide a complete mobile unit whichpermits the entry and discharge of a plurality of solutions into thecolon tube without irritating the patient by changing connections orapplicators in the apparatus.

Another object of the invention is to provide a complete colonirrigating unit which is portable.

Another object of the invention is to provide a complete colonirrigating unit in which the applicators hold the hemorrhoids in place.

Another object of the invention is to provide a complete mobile colonirrigating unit with means for exhausting air from the apparatus.

Another object of the invention is to provide a complete colon mobileirrigating unit in which the tubes are provided with glass sectionsthrough which the entry and discharge solutions maybe readily examined.

A further object of the invention is to provide a colon irrigatingdevice in .which the main colon tube is provided with a glass window andalso a metallic connecting sleeve to facilitate the removal andreplacirg of the colon tube.

A still further object of the invention is to 'provide a colonirrigating device with a combination valve member for controlling theentry and discharge and which also has a cross passage to permit thedischarge from both the colon tube and the applicatornecting the saidtubes to a common tube, an-

other valve member connected to the opposite end of the said common tubeand having a straight passage with a colon tube connected to theopposite end and also another straight passage with one end connected toan applicator on the said colon tube by a tube, and the other connectedby a tube to a discharge container on the base of the said stand, andsaid latter valve member also having a cross passage with a valvetherein for permitting discharge from the colon tube to the saiddischarge container. The common tube connecting the two valve members isprovided with a bulb for readily exhausting air that may leak into thesaid tubes. The tubes connecting the said latter valve member to thecolon tube and applicator are provided with suitable connections andwindows.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear from thefollowing description taken in connection with the drawings, whereinFigure '1 is a view showing the general assembly with the length of thetubes reduced and turned so that they may be illustrated more clearly.

Figure 2 is a detail showing the triple valve member with the crossconnection.

Figure 3 is a detail showing the obdurator.

Figure 4 is a view showing a straight applicator for adults.

Figure 5 is a view showing a dilated applicator.

Figure 6 is a view showing a small applicator which is used forchildren.

In the drawings the device is shown as it would be made wherein numeral1 indicates a stand which is made with a base 2 having outstanding arms3 with castors 4;

at the outer ends. A vertical rod 5 is rigidly attached to the rear ofthe base at the point 6 and at the upper end of the rod is a frame 7that supports a large percolator 8 and two smaller percolators9 and 10.A small arm 11 may also extend upward from the upper end of the rod 5and downward into the percolator 8 to support a thermometer 12 as shown.

At the lower end of the percolator 8 is a nipple 13 with a tube 14attached to it by a connection 15 and the lower end of the tube 14 isprovided with a valve 16 and connected to a member 17 as shown. It willbe noted that the member 17 has three inlet connections and one outletso that material from the inlet connections will pass out of the sameoutlet connection. One of the inlet connections is connected by a tube18 to the percolator 9 and is provided with a valve 20 and another ofthe inlet connections is connected by a' tube 21 to the percolator 10and this connection is also rovided with a valvewhiclr is indicated ythe numeral 22.

The outlet connection of the member 17 is connected by a tube 23 to thevalve member 24 and this tube is provided/with a bulb 25 which may besqueezed to exhaust air that may have leaked into the apparatus. It willbe noted that with one of the valves 16, 20 or 22 open and the valves inthe member 24 closed any fluid in the bulb 25 will pass upward and outthrough the percolators as the bulb is squeezed.

The valve member 24 as shown in Figure 2 is formed with a rectangularshaped block with two parallel passages 26 and 27 and a cross passa e28, and each of the passa es are provi ed with valves as indicated y thenumerals 29, 30 and 31; At the ends of each of the passages 26 and 27are nilpiples as indicated by the numeral 32 to w ch tubes may readilybe attached. In the arrangement as shown the tube 23 is connected to thenipple 32 at one end of the passage 26 and another tube 33 connected tothe opposite end so that the solution from the percolators may passdirectly through the Valve member with the valve 29 open as shown. Thetube 33 is provided with a glass tube 34 forming a window through whichthe fluid may be examined and also a metallic tube 35 so that the end ofthe colon tube 36 may readily be removed and replaced from the endthereof. The colon tube 36 will extend strai ht through the applicatoras indicated by t e numeral 37 and the opposite end will be closed asshown at the point 38 and provided with openings 39 and 40 adjacent theend thereof.

One end of the passage 27 is connected 'by a tube 41 to a discharge,container 42 which is located on the base as shown in Figure 1 and theopposite end of this passage is connected by a tube 43 also having aglasstube 44 forming a window therein, to a ni ple 45 at the base 46 ofthe applicator 3 It willbe observed that with the valve 30 open thedischarge from the applicator may pass straight through the member 24.The cross pas'sage29 is provided to permit discharge through the colontube as well as through the applicator, as it will be observed that withthe valve 31 open and the valve 29 closed the tubes 33 and 36 may conveya discharge from the end of the colon tub through the valve member andinto the discharge container 42.

The applicator is formed with a base 37 'stood from the foregoingdescription.

which has a packing gland 47 through which the colon tube 36 passes. Thebase is also provided with an enlarged portion 48 having pins 49 on theouter surface thereof, and tubes as shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6 may beattached to this enlarged portion and held by the pins. Each of thetubes is provided with a nut 50 adaptable to slide over the portion 48,'and in the sides thereof are slots 51 which may be placed over the pins49 so that as the tubes are turned the pins will hold them in place. Thetube shown in Fi ure 4 and indicated by the numeral 52 is ordinarilyused, especially for adults and the tube shown in Figure 6 and indicatedby the numeral 53 is used for children. The dilated tube shown in Figure5 and indicated by the numeral 54 is used to hold the hemorrhoids inplace.

It will be understood that changes may be made in the constructionwithout departing from the spirit of the invention. Oneof which changesmay be in the general design or arrangement, another may be in the useof valves of a different type or in their arrangement, another may be inthe use of different connections in the tubes, and still another may bein the use of difl'erent applicators or other means for attaching themto the tubes.

The construction will be readily undelr- 0 use the device it may beassembled as shown and a solution of saponified oil or a saturatedsodium solution or an other suitable solution may be placed in t epercolator 8,

plain warm water placed in the percolator 9 and a suitable medicatingsolution placed in the percolator 10. It is understood however that anyother suitable solutions or combinations of solutions may be used. It isunderstood that, in use the length of the tubes between the variousdevices are comparatively lon er than shown in the drawing so that t eapplicator can be easily handled by the operator. In use the tubes areopened by the obdurator as shown in Figure 3 and indicated by thenumeral 55 and then the applicator 15 inserted in the rectum and thecolon tube 36 forced through the applicator and into the colon tube ofthe atient. The valves 30 and 31 in the mem er 24 are then closed andthe valve 29 opened and the valves 20 and 22 closed and the valve 16opened so that some of the solution in the large percolator 8 may passinto the patient. When a suificient amount of the solution has passedinto the patient the valves 16 and 29 are closed and when the patienthas held the solution a sufiicient time the valve 30. may be opened topermit the discharge of the solution through ,the applicator and ifdesired the valve 31 may also be opened to permit the discharge throughthe colon tube. After this operation has taken place the valves 30 and31 may be closed and the valves 29 and 20 opened to permit water to passinto the patient which may be discharged in a man or removing theapplicator so that the entire operation may be performed Withoutirritating the patient and with the least possible discomfort. Themobility of the unit makes it possible to readily move it to any desiredposition without moving the patient. The advantages of this completemobile irrigating unit should therefore be very apparent. Having thusfully described the invention, lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure10 Letters Patent is 1. In an irrigating unit of the class described,amain container, a plurality of auxiliary containers, suitableconnections from the said containers to a common tube, valves in thesaid connections, a valve member attached to the common tube, said valvemember having two parallel passages and a cross passage with valves inthe parallel and cross passages, a 'colon tube connected to the oppositeend. of the passage to which the said common tube is attached, saidcolon tube having a glass tube forming a window therein, a metallic tubeforming a connect'on therein, and openings in the sides adjacent the endthereof, an applicator on the said colon tube, anothertube with a glasstube forming a window therein connecting the base of the said applicatorto one end of the other of the parallel passages in the said valvemembeiythe other end of the said passage having a tube lead'ngtherefrom, and a discharge container into which the said latter tubepasses.

2. In an irrigating unit of the class described, a main container, aplurality of auxiliary containers", suitable connections from the saidconta'ners, to a common tube, valves in thessaid connections, a valvemember attached to the common tube,'sa.id valve member being adaptableto permit fluid to pass therethrough in both directions at the same timeand also to permit the fluid in one part thereof to pass out with thefluid in the other part thereof, a colon tube connected to the oppositeend of the passage to which the said common tube is attached, said colontube having a glass tube forming a window therein, a metallic tubeforming a connection therein, and openings in the sides adjacent the endthereof, an applicator on the said colon tube, another tube with a glasstube forming a window theren connecting the base of the said applicatorto one part of the said valve member, the other part of the said valvemember having a tube leading therefron'i, and a discharge container intowhich the said latter tube passes.

3. In an irrigating unitof the class described, a plurality ofcontainers, suitable connections from the said containers to a commontube, valves in the said connections, a valve member attached to thecommon tube, said valve member having two parallel tached, an applicatoron the said colon tube,

another tube connecting the base of the said applicator to one end ofthe other of the parallel passages in the said valve member, the otherend of the said passage having a tube leading therefrom, and a dischargecontainer into which the said latter tube passes.

4. In an irrigating unit of the class described, a plurality ofcontainers, suitable connections from the said containers to a commontube, means for regulating the flow in the said connections, a valvemember attached to the common tube, said valve member being adaptable topermit fluids to pass therethrough in both directions at the same t meand also to permit the fluid in one part thereof to pass out with thefluid in the other part thereof, a colon tube connected to the oppositeend. of the passage to which the said common tube is attached,'anapplicator on the said colon tube, another tube connecting the base ofthe said applicator to one part of the said valve member, the other partof the said valve member having a tube leading therefrom, and adischarge container into which the said latter tube passes.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ROBERT WILLIAM MYRES.

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